Door-hanger.



L. A. BITTORP.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED $1221.23, 1912.

1,104,770.- Patented July 28, 1914.

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LOUIS A. BITTORF, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORTO NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. y

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Original application filed. November 9, 1911, Serial No. 659,436 Divided. and this application filed September 23, 1912. Serial No. 721,773. I f I ToaZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, LOUIS A. Brrronr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sterling, in the county of I/Vhiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This is a division of my prior application, filed November 9th, 1911, Serial Number 6553, 136, (Patent No. 1,039,246, issued September 24, 1912) and relates to what was originally illustrated and described in" said application as a modification.

The principal objects in view are to economize in the use of materials composing the complete door hanger while at the same time keeping the structure bird-proof; to facilii tate the assembling of the structure upon the building with all of the parts in correct relationship and without any inconvenience or difiiculty withregard to introduction or application of the fastening devices, such as screws and bolts; and to provide for ready access to interior surfaces when repainting becomes necessary or desirable.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figure 1 rep resents in perspective the barn door and part of the building having applied thereto the track structure of my present invention, the cover or housing plate being omitted at the left; and Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional perspective on an enlarged scale,

In carrying out my present invention according to the form of embodiment here illustrated, I employ brackets made of narrow plates or bands 50 adapted to be secured against the building at intervals throughout the area occupied by the track structure, a suficient number of these brackets being employed to afiord ample support for the track or rail. Each bracket comprises a straight, fiat, elongated upper portion 51, an abbreviated straight flat lower portion 52 inthe same plane as said upper portion and an angular intermediate portion supplying a downwardly inclined shoulder 53 and a right-angle stay or prop 54 therefor. The track or rail is in the form of a plate 55 with a straight inner portion adapted to be placed against the inclined shoulders 53 of the bracket with its upper edge spaced slightly from the straight portions 51 of the latter, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. The outer portion of this plate, which projects beyond the brackets, is

curved and turned. upwardly to form the track in which the wheels'30 of the hanger run. I I

The cover or housing member is the same as that illustrated and described in my prior application, and comprises an upper portion I i adapted to be placed flat against the upper port10ns51 of the brackets the top part 4 thereof,and a curving portion 5 extending outwardly and downwardly; This cover' plate is formed witha'n inclined flange 6 at r the top to extend over the upper edges of the the'brackets and the whole structure is see cured against the building by screws or bolts which pass through registering holes in the upper part 4 of the cover plate and the upper portions 51 of the brackets.

In assembling a complete track structure for the ordinary barn'door two of the cover plates or housing members will ordinarily be employed and two of the track plates, as illustrated in Fig. 1, it being much more convenient to handle pieces ofsuch a length. than of a length corresponding with the usual lateral area to be occupied by the complete track structure. The riveting of the track plates to the brackets, if that method of fastening is employed, will of course be done at the factory, but the assembling of this part of the structure with the cover or housing is done when the complete structure is applied to the building. The proper position of the track or rail structure having been determined and the same having been placed against the building and temporarily upon being driven home or tightened up will obviously eifect a clamping together of the cover and brackets in the correct re lationship, and also secure the whole structure firmly to the building.

It will be seen that with the employment of a series of brackets, such as those shown and described, and a track plate of the limited width shown, considerable economy of material is effected, besides which a lighter track structure is provided and therefore one easier to handle in assembling the hanger. At the same time the structure is closed in as efiectively as it would be if the track plate supplied its own supporting means, as in the construction of my aforesaid prior application, by reason of having because that has been already covered by said Patent 1,039,246 issued upon said prior application.

I claim:

1. A door hanger track structure comprising brackets each having a straight elongated upper portion to lie against the buildmg, an outwardly and downwardly extending portion forming an inclined shoulder, and a right-angle portion constituting a brace for the latter; and a track plate extending over the inclined shoulders of the brackets and secured thereto and projecting beyond the same'to form the track.

2. A door hanger track structure comprising brackets each having a straight elon-, gated upper portion to lie against the building, an outwardly and downwardly extending portion forming an inclined shoulder, a right-angle portion constituting a brace for the latter, and a straight lower portion to lie against the building; and a track plate extending over the inclined shoulders of the brackets and secured thereto and projecting beyond the same to form the track.

LOUIS A. BITTORF.

Witnesses:

FRANK PARKER DAVIS, Bonner DOBBERMAN.

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